Jesy Nelson has reportedly ended her engagement with Zion Foster, just weeks after the couple revealed that their eight-month-old twin daughters have been diagnosed with a serious neuromuscular condition.

The former Little Mix singer, aged 34, and the 26-year-old rapper, who became engaged in September 2025 following a three-year relationship, have decided to part ways romantically. However, they are committed to remaining “united as co-parents.”

Earlier this month, Jesy appeared on This Morning without her engagement ring. During the show, she spoke about her daughters, Ocean and Story, who were diagnosed with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

Type 1 SMA is recognized as the most severe form of the condition. Symptoms generally emerge in infancy and include profound muscle weakness, swallowing challenges, and breathing difficulties.

Jesy is now advocating for newborn screening for SMA1. She has initiated a petition to include the condition in the newborn blood spot screening, commonly referred to as the heel prick test.

A source said : ‘She and Zion remain friends and are fully focused on their daughters’.

Before going on to tell The Sun: ‘Their priority continues to be the well-being of their daughters.’ They are fully united in co-parenting’.

Daily Mail have contacted Jesy Nelson and Zion Foster’s representatives for comment. 

Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Zion shared a self-written poem centred on acceptance as he comes to terms with the day-to-day reality of seeing his daughters with the condition, as well as praising Jesy as a mum. 

He read: ‘They said it’s unlikely you’ll walk, you may not be able to talk,  probably won’t be able to hold your head up, that’s what me and Jesy heard – SMA Type 1. 

‘And it became so clear, doctors only go near what they can measure, so what’s certain?

‘I watch your smiles like sunsets, not promised, but real. I listen to you babble the sweetest melodies, in the moment it makes me wonder, if I keep telling you who I want you to be, what I want you to do, what I expect from you, am I loving you, or am I loving my fear?

‘If I take you for how God knitted you, just as you are, nothing removed, am I loving you? Am I accepting you?’

He added: ‘Story, is your heart okay? Ocean, how’s your mind? I hear strength in your lungs every time you cry, two little warrior girls who already know how to fight.

‘Honestly, my worry isn’t the milestones, isn’t forcing life to live a different way. My worry is quieter than that, deeper. It’s about accepting you, loving you for who you are right now, without conditions.

‘No matter what tomorrow brings, and no matter what yesterday was.’ 

Captioning the post, he praised Jesy for highlighting England’s lack of birth screening for SMA Type 1. 

He wrote: ‘We are all one. Jesy addressing a huge flaw in our healthcare system is the definition of a superwoman.

‘Reality is, it’s indefensible and needs to be changed, simple. Test kids at birth for SMA in the UK now that there are revolutionary treatments available.

‘Thank you to the SMA community and wider community of those living with more unique challenges for accepting us, supporting us and fighting with us.’ 

Addressing the issue during a recent appearance on This Morning, Jesy , who has 9.7 million Instagram followers, said: ‘I have this platform, and I almost feel like I’ve got a duty of care to raise awareness about it.

‘A little part of me feels – I don’t know if this is even crazy to say this – it feels selfish to keep this to myself and not potentially save a child’s life.”

According to the NHS website, the test is offered to every baby at five days old, and involves taking a blood sample to find out if it has one of nine rare but serious health conditions.

Speaking about the response since she revealed the news, Jesy  said: ‘I’m actually overwhelmed because I wanted it to get as much reach as possible, to raise awareness about it, and just the response I actually can’t believe how amazing the response has been.

‘I could have prevented this from happening if I’d have seen a video and caught it early enough.”

She added: ‘When you know that there is something that can be done about it and it is life-changing to your child, that’s the part that I cannot accept and that is why I’m going to shout to the rooftops about this.’ 

Since the diagnosis, Jesy said her life has “completely changed”, and that her house looks like a hospital, adding: ‘I just want to be their mum, I don’t want to be a nurse.

‘They’ve had treatment now, thank God, that is a one-off infusion.

‘It essentially puts the gene back in their body that they don’t have and it stops any of the muscles that are still working from dying. But any that have gone, you can’t regain them back.

‘I just want to reiterate that if this is caught from birth, it’s just life-changing.’

Newborn screening for SMA is currently not available in the UK, but Scotland has announced it will screen babies from the spring.

The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend screening but has commissioned work to reassess this due to developments in treatment.

Jesy rose to fame after winning The X Factor in 2011 with Little Mix alongside Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall.

She left the band in December 2020 after nearly a decade together, and has since released two songs as a solo artist: Boyz, which featured US rapper Nicki Minaj, in 2021 and Bad Thing in 2023.

Zion proposed to Jesy during a romantic sunset trip to the beach in September with the singer sharing a close up shot of the sparkling diamond.

Alongside the post, she wrote: ‘Just got engaged to my best friend’. 

Jesy and Zion began dating in January 2022 and have endured many breakups and reunions since.

The singer announced her happy engagement news on the same day as her former bandmate Perrie’s debut album.

During her This Morning appearance earlier this month Jesy broke down in tears as she shared a heartbreaking update on their condition

She admitted that her home now ‘looks like a hospital’ after learning how to look after her twins and cater to their complex needs as she shared the most difficult aspects of the diagnosis.

Getting very emotional about her girls, Jesy said: ‘We’ve been told that they will probably never walk, they’ll probably never regain their neck strength. They are gonna be in wheelchairs.

‘There’s been so many stories where parents have been told this and then their children have gone on to do incredible things, so I believe that you’ve just got to manifest that.

‘They are still smiling, they’re still happy. They have each other, and that’s like the main thing that I’m like so grateful for because they could be doing this by themselves, but they’re twins and they’re going through this together.

Looking back over the signs that the two girls had been battling the condition before their diagnosis, she added: ‘I actually knew and saw all of the signs before I even know knew what SMA was.

‘But when I left the NICU, it was hammered home to me, “Don’t compare your baby, they’re not going to reach the same milestones, take them as they are” because they were premature. 

‘When I took them home from NICU, the only thing I was really concerned about at that time was like checking their temperature, making sure they’re still breathing. I’m not checking to see if their legs are still moving…  

‘And that’s what’s frustrating knowing that for me, if this was the cards I was always going to get dealt and there was nothing I could do about it, then it’s almost easier for me to accept.’

Heaping praise on her mum for spotting the signs that eventually prompted her to take further action, she said: ‘It took for my mum to be like, “They don’t move their legs how they should be moving”.

‘Bless my mum, she’s a worrier, and I just thought my mum was being a worrier – but I noticed they were moving [their legs] less and less and less, until it just stops.

‘That is why it’s so important and vital to get treatment from birth and that it’s detected from birth.’ 

Meanwhile on Monday, Jesy shared a picture of a clapperboard announcing her new show, Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix, will be released on February 13.

The show will see the star navigate the journey of motherhood as she prepares to welcome her twins. 

A synopsis for the show reads: ‘Expecting twins, Jesy opens up about the joy, vulnerability, and fear that comes with carrying two little lives.

‘The series follows Jesy through the emotional roller coaster of pregnancy complications, including Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, a rare and potentially life-threatening condition.

‘With weekly hospital visits, candid conversations, and the unwavering support of her loved ones, Jesy navigates the highs and lows of pregnancy, confronting her deepest fears while embracing a newfound strength.

‘But this journey isn’t just about motherhood; she needs to confront her past, too. In this series, she will open up about the life-altering decision to leave Little Mix in 2020, breaking her silence on the relentless pressures of fame, her battle with mental health, and the controversies that followed.’

Ahead of the release, Jesy told Amazon: ‘We opened the doors fully, and I’m really looking forward to letting you all in as I navigate my way to becoming a first-time mum to our beautiful baby girls, Ocean and Story.

‘I’ll be honest, it’s not been easy as it’s been such a high-risk pregnancy, so you’ll see all the highs and lows and rollercoaster of emotions we have been going through.

‘I hope you will all join me on this journey as I really open up and say goodbye to the past and enter this new chapter in my life. I hope you love it as much as we do.’